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to govern. they're just talking about a cosmetic difference. >> he's also not teaching in some of those schools, siensz: >> oh, yeah, as the science course is creationism. >> yes, that's exactly right. >>> e.j., when you look at reince ps reince priebus, opportunityism working on voters but the same policies, i mean, do they get it? >> i think the newer slogan is don't worry, be happy. that happiness would be nice compared to what we have. he did say the party needed to be more welcoming and inclusive. the problem is that that takes them away from having to think about what actually failed them. >> mitt romney got in trouble because a lot of people had already come to believe that the republican party was primarily a party of very wealthy people and was only interested in cutting their taxes. they lost the latino vote because mitt romney talked about self deportation and the party of blocked immigration reform. and the african american vote was going to go to president obama. but they jammed it way up with their voter suppression effort. they've got to think more about fundamentals and

we have to be prepared to go so far as to shut the government down. >> save your powder for the debt ceiling fight. >> i think there's going to be a whole new field of battle when the debt ceiling rolls around. >> our opportunity here is on the debt ceiling. this is where we have leverage. >> remember that the gop vowing to hold the country hostage for cuts? they had the leverage, getting ready to fight. speaker boehner even tried his hand at extortion saying, "there's a price for everything." but, now, here comes the cave. today, republicans in the house voted to suspend the debt ceiling. what about the hostage-taking? not this time. and remember all the usual bluster in those press conferences of theirs? today, the gop leaders ducked the press. only a few print reporters, boehner's camera man and a lone fox news camera were there to capture their comments in their entirety. huh? so why the sudden change? >> the full faith and credit of the united states of america is not a bargaining chip. we are not a deadbeat nation. >> they will not collect our ransom in exchange for not crashin

instead of his original 25 years. he's literally going to have to cut the government by 20%, more in some areas, over the next ten years. they just can't seem to get themselves oit of this debate. and where you stand on this depends on where you sit and the folks in washington are still sitting in clint eastwood's chair. >> but, joan, when you look at the fact that they keep going from one to another crazy theory, i mean, rush limbaugh came up with a new theory on president obama today. take a listen. >> 2016, waiting to happen. that is -- that is if obama decides to abdegait. obama may not give up the crown, just like queen elizabeth. >> obama may not give up the crown, like all of the sudden he's not going to leave aufgs. and to think that these are the people setting the tone. they're already talking about 2016. we're not even out of the week of the inauguration. duh, we did just re-elect the president who is going to be the president the next three or four years. are they trying to fast forward us so we will forget about the midterm and forget about making sure that promises made are

border security. requires registration with the government. once those are in place, wants those in place now. then other parts will kick in. we're in the country now. all for new rules of children of immigrants and proposals new rules for agriculture of high-tech workers. do you think this is a good plan? does it go far enough? >> i have to say i think everybody in the community is shocked and pleads it includes a pathway to citizen ship. i think that we can all agree that border security is an upper one priority? the president has actually led all presidents when it comes to border security. it's actually been under his watch as he increased the mass deportation. it's not for lack of want on the government side. it's a matter of recognizing how hard it is. we have to recognize that we have to have a way to ensure that people are 11 milt million undocuments come out safely while securing our border. they're two different siepdes o the equation. we can't do one without the other. >> hire's a detail that could get devilish. when you look at it, it says that the plan calls for a commission.

this is a watershed in our country to move forward now. this election and the act viciv to push the government in a more progress i have way forward. >> we're looking at a tribe, native american tribe from north dakota on the parade route as the president and vice president continue to watch and clap and it's been a long day, but they're buoyant and it's got to be a very happy time. but, senator, you and i know that tomorrow is another day and the day after and the fiekti fi in terms of what we're going to do to create those jobs and create the things that you're talking about, we're going to have to get down into the trenches and really work as well as the citizens. >> seneca falls and selma and stonewall didn't happen without a struggle. >> it came from the bottom up. >> it came from the bottom up. it's people speaking out and caring about this country and pushing their congress and that's how we've gotten so much in this country. we've gotten minimum wage and clean air laws and f.d.a and all of those things. from the bottom up, people demanded it in their workplaces, in their coal mines, in

about the role of government for all time. but it does require us to act in our time. >> act in our time. and not just get in these long unending debates. martin luther king used to call it the paralysis of analysis. >> we may will be coming to the end of one. with medicare and social security and medicaid. what was so striking about the speech yesterday was that obama -- the lack of an olive branch to republicans that we've heard from him before. when you talk about the summer of 2011, he was talking openly about willing potentially to have a deal that included some modifications to medicare. there was talk of raising the medicare eligibility age would be on the table. didn't hear anything about that yesterday. and it raises the question of has he now reached a point where no, i'm not going to cut a deal like that anymore with republicans. that's the past. >> krystal, steve, thank you for your time tonight. >> thanks, reverend. >> be sure to catch krystal and steve on "the cycle" right here on msnbc. >>> ahead, 40 years after roe versus wade, abortion rights are under assault in the sta

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